The Best Music We Saw at SXSW on Saturday

I’d also be remiss if I didn’t give a shoutout to Böndbreakr – a delightful Eighties throwback, but one whose precise point of inspiration took some time for me to place.

The group’s majestically long-flowing hair suggested something thrash adjacent, but close attention to the relentless riffage evinced only trace heavy metal lineage.

When I asked the drummer if D-beat pioneers Discharge might be an influence, he confirmed: “Yes, English Eighties anarcho-punk is all I listen to. Wow, you’re the first one to notice that. People compare us to Bad Brains for some reason.” Reader, never have I been more proud to be a pathetic, smelly hardcore nerd.

Julian Towers, Austin Chronicle